Improvement in gaiter-boots



` Improvement in GaiterfBoots-; and I do hereby declare the `following to be a full and exact which, with the exception of the part B, that Ares I SAMUEL BABBIT, 0F

Ko'Ko Mo., IND IANA.

Y IMPRVMENT lNGAl'll'F-B'O'OTS.

Speeirication forming part of Letters Patent No. 46.6922. dated March 7', 1865.

To all whom, it may concern.'

Be4 it known that I, SAMUEL Brumm', of Kokomo, in the county ot' Howard and Slate of Indiana, have invented' gnew and usefuly description ot' the same, reference being Mhad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specitication,'in which- F-igu'rel is asi-de elevation' of a gater'emhodying my invention, the shoe beine: represented in condition to be applied to the foot. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same `as secured upon the foot. l

Similar letters of reference denote corre' spending' parts in the two figures.

rilhe object oi' this invention is to dispense with the use of the ordinary gore or elastic webbing in Athe manufacture oi'- reiter-boots, and at the saine time so construct the shoe as that the purposes of such webbing shall be suhserved.

.To this end the inventionconsists in forming that part ot the shoe which covers thel ankle with an extension which enlarges the opening to such a degree as to permit. the foot to he readily inserted, and whiche after the shoe is on the foot, is folded. and buckled or fastened against the ankle,- after the manner of a iiap, and this shoe is in ade without the formation of ajoint, and lis perfectly watertight.

The following description will enable others skilled in the lart to which my invention appertains to fully understand and use the same.

' In the diawin gs, A represents a. ,traiter-boot,

surrounds the ankle, may be made after any of the approved or known plans. vIn ordinary shoes of .this kind the leather terminates at a 5 but I extendnthe leather back' at each side of tension, O

the shoe as far as a", and the extended part may continue from the top downward as far asmay he required to insure'the ready entrance ot' the foot. The main thing to be clearly understood is, that the opening in the 'top of the ank1e7of the shoe, through which the foot is inserted, is enlarged by as mulch as ,or cornnxensurately with the diterence in distance from a2 to a, and from a2 t0 a, supposing the extension C to be thrown back,as shown in Fig. l.4

The rear and' bottom edges 0i' the two pieces which form the extension C are stitched together, and it is worked with button-holes,A so

as to be turned or folded against the side ot' the shoe and buttoned,as'indieated in' red lines, ''fterthe shoe is oh t'lie Afoot.

v Gomparatively speaking, no exertion is required io put on a shoe of this kind, and-while costing less itis superior as'regards durability, for the reason that the elastic webbing ot other gaiter-boots, being of amore delicate character, is liable to wear out, and perhaps thus renders*` the shoe worthless, while the leather is still in a condition to he serviceable.

The method of fastening the extension Gto the side after the shoe is ion is an optional matter-that'is to say, it may be done in anyY diii'erent way from that represented.

Having thus described rmy invention, what ll claim as new herein, and desire to'secure hy Letters Patent, is-' A gaiter-b'oot constructed with a-folding ex- ,substantially as and' for. the purpose set forth.

To the above speciication of my improvement in gaiter-boots I have set my hand-this 18th day of January, 1865.

SAMUEL BABBII.

Witnesses:

EDWARD 1I. KNIGHT, CHARLES D. SMITH. 

